On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
A meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Secretary of the Security Council of Kyrgyzstan Adilet Orozbekov
15.04.2026
On 15 April 2026, a meeting was held in Bishkek between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Adilet Orozbekov.
The interlocutors held a substantive exchange of views on the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, as well as in a number of other regions of the world. Given the particular importance of the Afghan factor for security in Central Asia, the parties paid special attention to issues related to the implementation of the Targeted Inter-State Program for strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border.
Talatbek Masadykov informed about the progress in implementing the Action Plan for the execution of decisions adopted at the November (2025) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the Organization’s priority areas of activity during Russia’s chairmanship, including preparations for upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies.
The Secretary General noted the clear relevance of the Kyrgyz initiative related to holding the CSTO International Conference on Cybersecurity in Cholpon-Ata in June 2025, emphasizing that this format could become an important platform for developing common approaches to ensuring information security.
For his part, Adilet Orozbekov reaffirmed the commitment of the Kyrgyz side to comprehensive cooperation with the CSTO member states in countering the full range of challenges and threats to collective security.
